Tuesday, May 23, 2017

New York Mets defeat the Anaheim Angels for second straight game


The New York Mets defeated the Anaheim Angels on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 7-5.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and he pitched ok and the bullpen was mostly good.  Jose Reyes led the offense with three hits. 

Wheeler pitched five innings giving up four hits and two runs with five walks and five strikeouts.  He won his third game of the season.  Fernando Salas pitched a perfect inning, Robert Gsellman pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Neil Ramirez pitched giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and he didn’t record an out.  Addison Reed saved his sixth game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he walked two and struck out one. 

Alex Meyer pitched four innings giving up three hits and four runs with three of them being earned.  He walked four and struck out seven and took his second loss of the season.  Jose Alvarez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Blake Parker pitched 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout and Yusmeiro Petit pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and three runs with one of them being earned.  He also walked two and struck out three and David Hernandez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit. 

Michael Conforto had a hit and drew three walks, Reyes had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Jay Bruce had an RBI and drew a walk.  Neil Walker had a hit and two RBI, T.J. Rivera had an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit.  Rene Rivera drew a walk, Wilmer Flores had a hit and an RBI and Conforto, Duda and Flores each hit a double.  The Mets were 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Cameron Maybin had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Kole Calhoun had a hit and an RBI and Mike Trout had an RBI and drew two walks.  Luis Valbuena drew two walks, Andrelton Simmons had two hits and drew a walk and Jefry Marte had an RBI.  Cliff Pennington had a hit and drew a walk, Ben Revere had an RBI and C.J. Cron had a hit.  Meyer had a hit, Martin Maldonado had a hit and the Angels were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Pennington and Simmons each committed an error and Maybin had an outfield assist. 

In the bottom of the first Walker hit into a force out ground out which gave the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Bruce hit a sac fly to extend the lead to 2-0.  In the fifth Walker hit an RBI single to push the lead to 3-0.  T. Rivera hit a sac fly and the lead was 4-0.  In the sixth Marte was hit by a pitch and a run scored to cut the lead to 4-1.  Revere hit into a force out scoring a run and making it a 4-2 game.  Flores hit an RBI double in the eighth to push the lead to 5-2 and Reyes hit a two-run single making it 7-2.  In the ninth Maybin drew an RBI walk to cut the lead to 7-3.  Calhoun hit an RBI single making it 7-4 and Trout hit a sac fly to make it 7-5 but that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game three of three on Sunday afternoon.  The Mets will be looking for a three game sweep. 

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